Ishaq Bux

Indian actor (1917–2000)

Ishaq Bux
Born(1917-06-15)15 June 1917
Kanpur, India
Died2 September 2000(2000-09-02) (aged 83)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1957–87

Ishaq Bux (15 June 1917 – 2 September 2000) was an Indian actor.[1]

His first screen appearance was in BBC TV's The English Family Robinson, in 1957.[2]

On stage, he appeared with the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic in Tony Harrison's Phaedra Britannica in 1975.[3]

He is best remembered by his roles of Omar in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and the fakir in Octopussy (1983).[4][5]

Bux was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in July 2000 and died in a London hospice on 2 September 2000, aged 83.[citation needed]

Career

Film

  • Nine Hours to Rama (1963) - Gardener
  • Man in the Middle (1963) - Indian bearer
  • Inadmissible Evidence (1968) - Watson's Guest
  • Leo the Last (1970) - Supermarket Manager
  • The Raging Moon (1971) - Pakistani
  • The Horseman (1971) - Amjad Kahn (uncredited)
  • The Vault of Horror (1973) - Fakir (segment 3 "This Trick'ill Kill You")
  • S*P*Y*S (1974) - Indian Agent (uncredited)
  • Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - The Transylvanians #4
  • Double Exposure (1976) - First Arab
  • Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) - Plane passenger (uncredited)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Omar
  • The Missionary (1982) - Maharajah
  • Privates on Parade (1982) - Sikh Doorman
  • Octopussy (1983) - Fakir (uncredited)
  • A Passage to India (1984) - Selim

Television

  • BBC Sunday Night Theatre (1957-1959) - Ismail / Achmed / Second Bearer
  • The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964)
  • Theatre 625 - The Serang (1965)
  • Play of the Month (1965) - Quasim Ali
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1968) - Ibrahim
  • W. Somerset Maugham (1969) - Old Indian
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) - Bamjibinarse
  • Department S (1969) - Turkish Club Patron
  • On the Buses (1970) - Ahmed
  • Wicked Women (1970) - Old man
  • The Onedin Line (1971) - Man in Bar
  • Softly Softly: Task Force (1972) - Panni
  • The Regiment (1973) - Nari Dastoor
  • Crown Court (1973–1979) - Mr.Patel / Akbar Nawaz Rana / Surinder Singh Sandhu
  • Oh, Father! (1973) - Indian
  • Six Days of Justice (1973–1975) - Magistrate
  • It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981) - Stationmaster / Fortune-Telling Wallah / Sword Seller / Indian Trader / Garage Owner
  • Machinegunner (1976) - Mr. Pradesh
  • Rentaghost - Season 3, Episode 1 - Ali Hakim
  • Play for Today (1978–1981) - Sheikh / Amina's Father
  • Quatermass (1979) - Misru
  • The Jewel in the Crown (1984) - Aziz
  • Minder (1984) - Elderly Indian Man
  • The Singing Detective (1986) TV mini-series - Patient
  • The Sign of Four (1987, TV Movie) - Lal Chowder (final appearance)

References

  1. ^ "Ishaq Bux". Archived from the original on 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Bux, Ishaq (1917-2000) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Production of Phaedra Britannica - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ^ "Ishaq Bux". www.aveleyman.com.
  5. ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film (Fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.

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